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What a polar-bear kiss has in
common
with a moon-mountain kiss is
melting ice.
These are tender farewells, not passion,
as
unrequited love stalks and
destroys life.
Artists measure and savor sweet
moments
of parting. Art is our means of kissing, too.
Come here, we say, and see
nature through eyes
that magnify what we are depleting:
Indwelling love does not resemble lack,
greed, or money. It answers emptiness.
Come here, we say, touch these
copies we made.
Keep your hands off the original cause.
We pile up images of domestic
abuse, too, but more of unspoiled
times:
Times we were drawn into beauty’s embrace,
before we knew kisses, like art, would
fade.
*** Image and prompt from Sunday Muse # 94
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The messages in your beautifully composed poem are palpable.
ReplyDeleteOh I LOVE those beginning lines! Art is our means of kissing......my prompt at Earthweal on the 17th will say something similar. A beautiful poem, my friend.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful--it brings each image to sharpness.
ReplyDeleteEach stanza is so full of depth and insight into what love is and is not. True love is so much stronger than any kiss. I love where the image took you Susan!
ReplyDeleteI got a bit teary eyed at the thought of the kiss being a farewell. This came to mind for some reason.
ReplyDelete“I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference.”
― Ernest Hemingway
"tender farewell", fading kisses tug at the heartstrings. So much helplessness! Love, gentleness, death & destruction so wonderfully expressed!
ReplyDeleteI'd quote back the lines that stood out for me, but then I'd be quoting most of the poem and you already know what you wrote. Another thought-provoking (and emotion-provoking) poem in your recent series of top notch writing, Susan.
ReplyDeleteStunning
ReplyDeleteToo bad for polar bears, they have survived a lot throughout the times. This is the time when their natural enemies, humans, must step up and use our modern research and technology to give them an assist.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan, for writing this message, I wish more politicians and those controlling our greedy businesses would take it to heart and act accordingly.
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I love those last two lines!
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